Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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I have built an LED cube using the minipov kit. The test program that was preloaded on the chip works fine. I think all my solder joints are good. I am connecting directly to a serial port, but it is not being seen. Would the LED's light if there were a problem with any of the components? I am a noob, so how would I check them?

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Is the board powered on when you connect it? It needs to be on for programming.

If you have followed all the steps here http://www.ladyada.net/make/minipov3/software.html and it still doesn't work, post some clear photos of the front & back of the board.

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Thanks for the very fast response. It is powered on.

This is what I get

C:\>make program-ledcube
avrdude -p attiny2313 -P com1 -c dasa -U flash:w:ledcube.hex

avrdude: AVR device not responding
avrdude: initialization failed, rc=-1
Double check connections and try again, or use -F to override
this check.


avrdude done. Thank you.

make: *** [program-ledcube] Error 1

I will post photos as soon s i can get them taken

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Other details that might be helpful:
Operating System?
Regular serial port, or USB/Serial adapter?

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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XP on 2 different machines. Same result. regular serial port

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Would the cube still work, like mine does, if all the solder joints or components were not good?

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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If the only bad solder joints were between the serial connector and the microprocessor, it would work just fine.

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Pin 4 on the top looks like it might be a cold joint. Those RS-232 pins need a good hot iron.

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Thanks. I think I have resoldered every joint now and it still is not recognized. Any other advice?

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Do you have the correct COM port configured in the makefile?
What settings do you have on the COM port? Speed, data bits, stop bits and flow control?

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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I believe so. It was originally set to com8 and gave a different error when I tried to connect so I set it to com1. I am pretty sure the settings are all default, 9600, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Do any changes need to be made to the port settings? I am still not having any luck

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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Those are the same settings I use to talk to my minipov.

Have you used the COM port to talk to any other serial device?

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Re: Kit as LED cube not seen by serial port

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No, this is the only device I have tried. I did try it on 2 different machines with the same results.

I want to get a mini pov kit as well, but would like to work before that.

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